Category Archives: Kamloops and Area News
Basics for Babies helps hundreds in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Babies rely on their parents for food, shelter, and security. When circumstance makes it difficult for parents to provide for their young children, it's important the community steps in and...
Nov 18, 2016
Not all raising a glass to new liquor laws
KAMLOOPS - Come the new year, retail businesses will be allowed to apply for a liquor license. This week, the BC government announced starting January 23 operations such as hairdressers, bookstores, s...
Nov 17, 2016
Emotional reunion for mother, daughter apart for 38 years
KAMLOOPS - In November 1978, 18-year-old Edna Tom of Kamloops was on the verge of giving birth to a baby girl. But she knew at the time she could not raise a child on her own. Edna made the difficult ...
Nov 17, 2016
B-100's Basics for Babies holds 10th annual fundraiser
KAMLOOPS - It has become an annual tradition, B-100’s Basics for Babies breakfast will be in full swing Friday at hotel 540. For the 10th year in a row, the donations will be flowing and hundred...
Nov 17, 2016
Operation Red Nose kicks off 2016 campaign
KAMLOOPS - It’s a program designed to combat impaired driving. The 20th annual Operation Red Nose Campaign in Kamloops is returning for another year. Beginning November 25th the designated servi...
Nov 17, 2016
Kamloops Airport braces for slowdown
KAMLOOPS - The manager of the Kamloops Airport says a number of factors have him predicting a lean few months for passenger traffic in and out of Kamloops. Numbers were down nearly 10 per cent in Octo...
Nov 17, 2016
Winter warning: Police remind motorists to be prepared
KAMLOOPS - With snow on the ground greeting many Kamloops residents as they woke up this morning, RCMP are reminding commuters to adjust their driving behaviour. Corporal Jodi Shelkie says it’s ...
Nov 17, 2016
Providing hope to women in need through the Shoebox Project
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops residents have an opportunity to brighten up the holidays for women in need this Christmas. The Shoebox Project for Shelters distributes gifts to homeless or at-risk women in Canad...
Nov 17, 2016
Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP: Victim Services
KAMLOOPS - In the final installment of our series The Changing Face of the Kamloops RCMP, we look at the Victim Services unit of the detachment. Consisting mostly of volunteers, Victim Services play a...
Nov 16, 2016
Go Fund Me page aims to help Kamloops woman waiting for transplant
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman is hoping she will be a viable candidate to receive a heart and lung transplant. Two years ago, Sue Stratford found out her heart was failing and she would need to undergo ...
Nov 16, 2016
